PaperTiger
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Helping a friend of a friend move in I found a Baritone Euphonium in their attic space that was given to him by a his friend as a gag gift as he does play an instrument. Anyway I talked him in to letting me have it thinking I could restore it.
Half way through getting decades of corrosion off I decided to try to tune it. And here is where the fun begins.
He told me that all he knew about it was that it was an A horn, I disagreed and said it looked like a Eb Horn Like I used to play. I took it to a repair shop to get advise on restoring it and he thought it was an A or Bb Horn, after comparing it to an A horn he had and seeing that in had less tubing than the A horn he agree in could be an Eb.
However, the Tuning Issue. It has unfortunately be a while since I played, and when I did I play a French Horn, and to my understanding when playing open F on my F Horn I was playing concert C which all brass play concert C when playing respective tuning (example Bb trumpet play Concert C on open Bb)
When I play open it reads concert G on my tuner, and to my knowledge and small amount of research there is no such thing as a G Euphonium. But it is a Martin horn and if the serial number record is correct it is from about 1920. Maybe there were some made back then.
Hopefully this made since, and some one can help, and the following it the troubleshooting I have already done.
Adjusted tuning slides
Cleaned the in side of most the interior
Changed mouth pieces
There is no lacquer and there is still a moderate amount of corrosion I have considered this to be the issue, though I have play instrument that looked worst and still played in tune.
Half way through getting decades of corrosion off I decided to try to tune it. And here is where the fun begins.
He told me that all he knew about it was that it was an A horn, I disagreed and said it looked like a Eb Horn Like I used to play. I took it to a repair shop to get advise on restoring it and he thought it was an A or Bb Horn, after comparing it to an A horn he had and seeing that in had less tubing than the A horn he agree in could be an Eb.
However, the Tuning Issue. It has unfortunately be a while since I played, and when I did I play a French Horn, and to my understanding when playing open F on my F Horn I was playing concert C which all brass play concert C when playing respective tuning (example Bb trumpet play Concert C on open Bb)
When I play open it reads concert G on my tuner, and to my knowledge and small amount of research there is no such thing as a G Euphonium. But it is a Martin horn and if the serial number record is correct it is from about 1920. Maybe there were some made back then.
Hopefully this made since, and some one can help, and the following it the troubleshooting I have already done.
Adjusted tuning slides
Cleaned the in side of most the interior
Changed mouth pieces
There is no lacquer and there is still a moderate amount of corrosion I have considered this to be the issue, though I have play instrument that looked worst and still played in tune.